 Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 63 | 66 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 5 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.005 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.133 % | 1.370 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £200 | £70 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £80 |
| % change on same period last year | +181.25 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £250 | £90 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £284 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.71 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £12.00 | £17.95 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £17.95 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.86 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | £17.95 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.01 | £28.35 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.70 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 422 | 365 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.597 % | 0.369 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 79 | 54 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £294 | £319 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | £346 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.40 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £332 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.99 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 55 | 57 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.02 | £24.26 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.88 | £26.19 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.43 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £30.74 | £28.12 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.17 | £32.72 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.67 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VBScript across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
